"Welcome to Drag Queen, table for—?"

"Two, please."

"Right this way!" Natsu said as he grabbed two menus before guiding the couple down to their booth table which was pressed right against the window. He flashed a handsome grin their way and placed the menus right in front of them, pulling two straws out of his small apron tied to his waist. "I'll be back to take your order, later. But for now, what would you like to drink?" He asked politely, his dark eyes catching a glimpse of yellow making his head shoot up to look across the street.

In her waitress uniform which consisted of a short black skirt, pink and black button-down blouse, and white shoes, Lucy was waiting order right across the street from him. And at that moment, their eyes met and Natsu couldn't help but grin widely at her earning a bashful smile back.

"I'll have your drinks out, soon." He said without looking back at the costumers, his eyes wandering to find the clock that was on the wall above the cash register.

It was almost time for lunch and once he gets the drinks, he was going to ask his mother to head out.

It's been a week. A week since he and his little rival across the street started to have the secret relationship and so far, it was going smoothly. They had time to see each other since they were practically across the street and when he sees Lucy heading out to buy groceries, he quickly follows suit by asking his father for the list. And during his lunch break or his breaks in general, it's lunch with Lucy or messaging Lucy.

"Hey mom! Am I allowed to go for my lunch break, now?! I'm starving!"

"Sure, sweetheart! Be back within the hour!" Grandine called out, popping her head out of the kitchen making Natsu grin widely and pull his apron off. "Have a good lunch!"

"You, too, mom!"

Pulling his phone out of his pocket, he quickly punched in a message and sent it to Lucy, making his way towards the door when he heard his father's booming voice behind him.

"Lunch break already, Natsu?"

"I'm hungry," he answered back, turning to face his red-headed father who eyed him suspiciously. "I didn't eat breakfast."

"Right, right... are you sure you're not going to go see... her?"

"H—Her? Who is 'her'?" Natsu spoke, his voice crackling slightly to show his uneasiness.

Was he talking about Lucy?

"You know who I'm talking about, son. No need to play dumb," he smirked, crossing his arms over his chest to walk over to the sweating male. "I seen you two..."

"Who are you talking about, dad?"

"That girl,"

"What girl?" Natsu practically hissed, his eyes narrowing to have the two Dragneel's stare at one another before a wide grin spread across his face. "I'm talking about that white-haired chick!" He suddenly shouted, slapping his son's shoulder to have him jolt forward. "Your girlfriend, right?"

"W—white-haired chick?" Natsu echoed, utterly confused and shocked as his dad shook him back and forth. "Are you talking about Lisanna?"

"Lisanna! What a nice name! She's your girlfriend, right?"

"L—Lisanna? Erm, no... she's just a close friend—"

"You can't lie to your own father, Natsu! I seen you two before! Walking down the street like that, how cute."

"Dad... it's not like—"

"You should bring her over here one time! I would love to meet her and I'm sure your mother agrees one hundred percent!"

"Dad, I told you, Lisanna is—"

"Go get her, son! I have nice lunch date with her! Remember, treat her correctly or you're going to lose her!" Igneel barked out into laughter, walking away from his son who just awkwardly stood there staring at the shrinking figure that belonged to his father.

For a second there, he actually thought his father found out about his secret relationship with Lucy. But for some reason, now he thinks he and Lisanna are a couple now.

How is he going to explain this to Lisanna and how actual girlfriend, Lucy?

Thinking of Lucy, it reminded him that he had a lunch date and quickly went to Scarlet Bakery where he knew his lovely girlfriend was waiting.

—X—

"Natsu... no, not here, what if your parents or my parents see us?"

"They can't, we're in an alleyway couple of blocks away—they would never see us."

"But Natsu..."

"Just shut up and kiss me already," he murmured as he leaned down to press his lips against the blonde's when he suddenly felt a hand clamp down on his shoulder. He instantly felt his body run cold as he turned around to see who it was, his eyes widening when it was his father who was giving the the most stern disapproving look on his face.

Lucy also turned sheet white as she stared like a fish out of water and Natsu instantly pushed Lucy behind him and guarded her.

"D—dad!"

"Natsu... what are you doing?" He asked, his dark eyes darting from his son's face to the blonde's. "Natsu... this girl..."

"Dad, please, you have to understand! I just—she and I—she's really—"

"Natsu, I thought I raised you better than this," he spoke sternly, his eyes hard and piercing. "are you mocking me and your mother, now?"

"No, I'm not. Dad—"

"Natsu Dragneel, how dare you cheat on Lisanna with this girl?!" Igneel shouted, loud and clean making Natsu cringe and prepare for impact when he suddenly processed what his father said and looked up at him in confusion. "Two-timing is not something you do, alright?! That is disrespectful to both the girls and your parents! I did not raise you like this! Miss, I'm sorry, you better be on going on and dump my son's sorry ass—I apologize on his behalf." The red-haired male spoke towards Lucy soon after making her stare at him with wide confused eyes.

She soon averted her eyes to Natsu, quirking her brow at him making him slap his palm against his forehead.

"Dad, what the fuck," he spoke as he pushed his father back and away from Lucy. "I thought I told you earlier that I'm not dating Lisanna."

"Lisanna?" Lucy echoed, her face scrunched up as the two Dragneel men spoke.

"What? But you didn't tell me that, earlier."

"Because you didn't listen!" The pink-haired male groaned, throwing his arms in the air to pinch the bridge of his nose. "Now, you probably made my girlfriend think I'm two-timing her. Great job, dad."

"Oh-ho-ho! So you are dating!" He quirked his brow up, smirking towards the couple making Natsu curse and narrow his eyes as Igneel suddenly shoved his son to the side to approach Lucy.

She looked slightly frightened as she thought he was going to yell at her but when he bow right at her, the blonde's eyes widened.

"Thank you for choosing my idiot son as your boyfriend—if he does something stupid, please do not hesitate to tell me so I can yell at him."

"U—uhm—?"

"Dad!" Natsu shouted, pushing his father away to guard Lucy with his larger figure. "You're embarrassing me!" He hissed out as pink dusted his cheeks lightly. "Besides, don't you know who she is?"

"No, why would I know who she is?" Igneel asked, raising a brow at his son's unusual behavior making Natsu and Lucy stare in shock before turning to look at each other, smiles curving on their lips. Igneel seemed to notice as he leaned in and tried to get them to speak, waving his hands in the air. "Uh, yeah, I'm still here. Uhm, who are you, miss?"

"O—oh! My name is Lucy."

"Lucy? What a nice name! Welcome to the family, Lucy!" Igneel grinned widely, throwing his hand out in front of him making the blonde gawk and blush furiously as Natsu push his father away again and blushed hard, as well. "Dad! She's my girlfriend, not my wife or fiance!"

"Oh, whatever. Anyways, I was just on my way to go find you. It's lunch rush and you're taking one hundred years to come back."

"Alright, I was just on my way back, anyways."

"It looked like you and Lucy over there were about to get it on in this alleyway," he teased making the two turn pink. "Natsu, a beautiful woman like Lucy does not deserve a dirty alleyway like this."

"It wasn't like that—!"

"Yeah, yeah, c'mon now, mister. We have to get going before your mother starts a huge riot!" Igneel said as he grabbed his son by the scarf to drag him away. Natsu cried out in surprise and anger as he struggled to stay with Lucy but by the way his dad held him and dragged him away, he was far too strong for him.

Lucy could only stand there and watch the two disappear.

—X—

Kicking the back door open of his family restaurant, Natsu had a scowl on his face.

He was upset. No, upset wasn't the word, he was mortified. He was embarrassed of his father and he didn't know what Lucy thought when that alleyway thing happened two hours ago. She probably thought his family was all psychotic and didn't want to speak him with anymore. And she probably also thought that he was two-timing him with Lisanna who he hasn't even spoken to for almost three months now since she moved away.

Why was his life like this, anyways? It was madness!

Just then, his eyes caught something in the corner and he turned his head to see Lucy also coming out of the backdoor of her restaurant and approaching the large trash-bin right beside her building.

When she noticed him, she instantly froze and the male practically sprint his way across the street to grab her and push her against the wall right next to the trash bin.

"Ow, Natsu, really?!" She cried out, punching his chest out of anger and frustration but he wasn't affected by it. "What are you doing?"

"Lucy I just want to apologize for what happened earlier and I'm not two-timing you and I hope you're not thinking of breaking up with me because of my idiotic father and I hope you forgive me and him for this stupid thing." He said quickly jumbling up his words and making the blonde in front of him stare up at him as if he was the crazy and idiotic one. "Please say something."

"I have no idea what you just said," she said making his frown deepen. "but I somewhat get it and I believe you."

Grinning at the blonde's words, Natsu let out a sigh of relief and dipped his head down to kiss her but was stopped when his lips pressed against her palm.

"Wait, Natsu."

"What?"

"Don't you see what this means, now?" She asked him making quirk his brow at her. Lucy couldn't help but roll her eyes and sigh once more, slightly irritated at his oblivious attitude. "I just met your father and he doesn't even know who I am. And you met my mom before and she didn't even know who you are! So, basically, our parents only know how they look like but they don't know how we look like." She explained making his eyes widen and jaw drop in realization.

"So, we don't need to hide our relationship anymore?!"

"No, we still do but we don't have to sneak around like this anymore. Just don't let it slip, alright?" She spoke softly making him nod and grin even wider than before.

He sighed happily and wrapped his arms around the blonde to hug her against him. The couple stood in the dirty dark alleyway embracing one another for a moment before a voice from the other side was heard, Natsu immediately recognizing as his mother's.

He completely forgot about his mother and father and the stupid family business making him curse under his breath.

"Is that your mother, Natsu?" The blonde spoke, giggling slightly making him sigh and nod, pulling away slightly. "Well, you better go before she gets angry."

"But I don't want to go back and wait tables," he whined making her giggle again. "can we just stay like this for a bit longer?"

"No, your mother is looking for you and I have to hurry and go back, too." She said, turning to look back at the door before looking back at the pouting male. "C'mon, don't be like that." The blonde scolded slightly as she flattened the front of his shirt and blushed slightly. "I'll see you this Saturday... right?"

"Of course," he murmured, leaning down to press his lips lightly against her temple. "I'll pick you up at your house, okay?"

"Don't be late,"

"Natsu Dragneel, where did you run off to?!" Grandine's voice was heard once more making the couple laugh before sharing a quick and sweet kiss.

"I'll text you, later."

"Alright, have fun and don't get in too much trouble." The blonde said before they pulled away and Natsu quickly jogged back out making his mother scream at him to ask him why he was in enemy territory.

Lucy merely giggled as she heard him tell her that he saw a cat run back there. She soon disappeared back into her own family restaurant to continue her work shift.

notes: tbh i don't even know where i'm going with this story and i apologize for the bad chapters and for the shortness of this chap. but if you like it, it's probably alright, huh?

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